Articles filed under Curious
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S. Elgin woman seeks home for 9/11 memorialOct 02, 2011 8:36 am - South Elgin woman seeks home for memorial banner she created in wake of tragedy
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New book tells the good, bad and ugly of Meadowdale International Raceways in Dundee Twp.Sep 05, 2011 6:01 am - Some of the biggest auto racing legends of the 1950s and 1960s once roared their hot rods around Meadowdale International Raceways in Dundee Township, near Carpentersvil...
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Study: Men, women have different reasons for cheatingSep 03, 2011 7:03 pm - Why do men cheat? And for that matter, why do women? Robin Milhausen, a sex researcher at the University of Guelph in Ontario, doesn’t claim to have all the answers, but...
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Scientists: Homo erectus cooked foodAug 23, 2011 6:05 am - Extinct human relatives known as Homo erectus cooked and prepared their foods, paving the way for long-term survival, a study suggests. By studying remains and DNA extra...
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Elgin sculptor exhibits work at Elgin libraryAug 12, 2011 3:21 pm - As a boy growing up in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood, Walter Arnold would often bike through the University of Chicago campus and look at the buildings’ various sculptu...
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Holmstad chickens ruffle no feathers in BataviaAug 03, 2011 8:20 am - If you haven't seen Batavia's Bulldogs, it's time to head downtown and see the amazing art that the canines are displaying. Kudos to the many artists who took part in th...
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Rising sea levels threaten coastal townsJul 02, 2011 7:01 am - From his government office in Virginia Beach, Clay Bernick can see the future, and that future looks a lot like the movie “Waterworld.” The sea level is rising in Virgi...
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Word of Oxford comma change causes bit of panicJun 30, 2011 12:03 pm - LONDON — A report that Oxford University had changed its comma rule left some punctuation obsessives alarmed, annoyed, and distraught. Passions subsided as the universit...
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Police: Pa. woman assaulted grandson over baconJun 30, 2011 12:58 pm - CLIFTON HEIGHTS, Pa. — A southeastern Pennsylvania woman is accused of beating her 9-year-old grandson and blasting him in the face with a garden hose because he ate too...
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Beached sea turtle had ingested 317 platic piecesJun 30, 2011 12:58 pm - SYDNEY — A marine biologist says a green sea turtle that washed ashore in Australia likely starved to death after swallowing 317 pieces of plastic. Rochelle Ferris with ...